Hydrofluoric acid is commonly used as an aqueous etchant for silicon dioxide ( SiO < sub > 2 </ sub >, also known as BOX for SOI ), usually in 49 % concentrated form, 5: 1, 10: 1 or 20: 1 BOE ( buffered oxide etchant ) or BHF ( Buffered HF ).

Bolivian hemorrhagic fever ( BHF ), also known as black typhus or Ordog Fever, is a hemorrhagic fever and zoonotic infectious disease originating in Bolivia after infection by Machupo virus.

BHF shops are predominantly staffed by roughly 10, 000 volunteers and each shop also has a paid staff made up of a shop manager, shop assistant and may also have a retail assistant.

BHF invested a net £ 48. 4 million in research during the year.

The BHF Retail division makes roughly £ 16 million every year accounting for 13 % of the overall income of BHF, an increase of £ 1 million from the previous year, and £ 2 million the year before that.

Their financing came from German private bank BHF Bank ( who provided borrowing facilities of £ 55m for the acquisition and redevelopment of the centre ), plus their own resources and those of their American partners Apollo Real Estate.

In February and March 2007, some 20 suspected BHF cases ( 3 fatal ) were reported to the El Servicio Departamental de Salud ( SEDES ) in Beni Department, Bolivia, and in February 2008, at least 200 suspected new cases ( 12 fatal ) were reported to SEDES.

In early 2010, the BHF digital checkout switchover went live, and currently most shops have new digital tills, as opposed to the old analogue tills, the new tills include bar code scanners, touch screen interface, separate till roll printer, colour printer and instant information upload to HQ.

The BHF run a large chain of charity shops throughout England, Wales and Scotland, as of April 2010 they run over 600 standard retail shops and 87 furniture and electrical shops ( or F + E shops ), and they are looking to acquire 100 more sites in the coming years.

BHF was first identified in 1959 by a research group led by Karl Johnson, an ambisense RNA virus of the Arenaviridae family.

Evidence of person-to-person transmission of BHF exists but is believed to be rare.

Post infection ( and providing that the person survives the infection ), those that have contracted BHF are usually immune to further infection of the disease.

by the Medical Research Council ( MRC ) and the British Heart Foundation ( BHF ) in the United Kingdom.

president of the Royal Geographical Society ( RGS ) ( and of the Institute of British Geographers ( IBG ) after amalgamation ) 1993 – 1997 ; president of the Anglo-Hellenic League 1978 – 1986 ; president of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust 1987-1994 ; president of the UK Crete Veterans Association 1991-2001 ; president of the British Heart Foundation ( BHF ) 1992-1995 ; chancellor of Southampton University 1984 – 1995, and has been closely associated with research and higher education.

The British Heart Foundation ( or BHF ) is a charity organisation in Britain that funds research, education, care and awareness campaigns aimed to prevent heart diseases in humans.

Case studies of how BHF work has helped individuals can be found in their here.

The BHF, along with Cancer Research UK, is a major backer of the anti-tobacco campaign group Action on Smoking and Health.

* There are over 260 BHF Heart Nurses caring for patients across the UK.

Other annual campaigns include National Heart Month ( held throughout February ), Wear Red Day and The Big Donation as well as many other campaigns to recruit volunteers, raise awareness of BHF, sell stock and increase donations.

" In November 2011 a protest took place calling for the BHF and the University of Leeds to stop carrying out co-funded " lethal experiments " on dogs.

" Venus " was remixed and re-released by dance producers The BHF ( Bisiach Hornbostel Ferrucci ) Team in May 1990, scoring the group a Top 10 hit in the UK and Australia 21 years after the release of the original.

At his own wish Gloystein resigned from the BHF and ING in 2002 as a result of differing opinions on future business strategy in the German market.

MRC / BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering with simvastatin in 5963 people with diabetes: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

As Aston Martin required greater investment, he also agreed to sell his share holding to American importer and Greek shipping tycoon Peter Livanos, who invested via his joint venture company with Nick and John Papanicalou, ALL Inc. Gauntlett remained chairman of the AML company 55 % owned by ALL, with Tickford a 50 / 50 venture between ALL and CHI.

This natural disaster also led to the bankruptcy of a heavily invested insurance company called Doyle.

The city invested in many large, well-landscaped municipal parks, which also included public sanitation facilities.

The Emperor also revived the practice of public banquets, which had been reduced to a simple distribution of food under Nero, while he invested large sums on entertainment and games.

Later in his career he also worked with Yiddish, Hebrew and Chinese, as well as Germanic languages, and he was also invested in the development of an International Auxiliary Language.

That did not come to the Sforza Dukes until 1494, when Emperor Maximilian formally invested Francesco's son, Lodovico ( also known as Ludovico Sforza ), as Duke of Milan.

The most important of these were PERNAS ( National Corporation Ltd .), PETRONAS ( National Petroleum Ltd .), and HICOM ( Heavy Industry Corporation of Malaysia ), which not only directly employed many Malays but also invested in growing areas of the economy to create new technical and administrative jobs which were preferentially allocated to Malays.

The Royals also invested in a strong farm system and soon developed such future stars as pitchers Paul Splittorff and Steve Busby, infielders George Brett and Frank White, and outfielder Al Cowens.

He also invested in fluidized hotbed technologies ( notably the Bessemer process ) and acquired many mines in Germany and France.

A number of returning Portuguese nationals have also invested in the country as well as some Italian organizations.

( 2006 ) ( in the continuing research effort by Freitas, Merkle and their collaborators ) reports that the most-studied mechanosynthesis tooltip motif ( DCB6Ge ) successfully places a C < sub > 2 </ sub > carbon dimer on a C ( 110 ) diamond surface at both 300 K ( room temperature ) and 80 K ( liquid nitrogen temperature ), and that the silicon variant ( DCB6Si ) also works at 80 K but not at 300 K. Over 100, 000 CPU hours were invested in this latest study.

Another company, Commodore Business Machines ( CBM ), had invested heavily in the calculator market and was also nearly wiped out by TI's entry into the market.

The North Korean government invested heavily in its military, hoping to develop the capability to reunify Korea by force if possible and also preparing to repel any attack by South Korea or the United States.

The government has also invested in property on other islands and the United States through its Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust.

Japanese pearl producers also invested in producing cultured pearls with freshwater mussels in the region of Shanghai, China.

It also invested in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg's steel industry.

The party was also invested, like the other parties of the Pentapartito, in the Tangentopoli scandals and in the subsequent Mani pulite.

The University has also invested in improving the building for the Faculty of Art & Design granting £ 35 million to facilitate three main changes including: a brand new building for the faculty, refurbishment of the workshops and renovation of the studios.

Its also possible to buy and sell derivitives that are based on the secondary market ; one of the most common being contract for difference-these can provide rapid profits, but can also cause buyers to lose more money than they originally invested.

Some nations such as India have also used capital controls to ensure that their citizen's money is invested at home, rather than abroad.

In a funded plan, contributions from the employer, and sometimes also from plan members, are invested in a fund towards meeting the benefits.

In 2010, the OECD ( the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development ) encouraged the governments of advanced economies to embrace policies to increase innovation and knowledge in products and services as an economical path to continued prosperity .. International policies also often address human capital flight, which is the loss of talented or trained persons from a country that invested in them, to another country which benefits from their arrival without investing in them.

Peers were also invested, but investitures for peers ceased in 1621, during a time when peerages were being created so frequently that the investiture ceremony became cumbersome.